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STEPHEN ELLIOTT, OF RICHMOND, INDIAN-A.

Letters Patent No. 70,539, dated November 5, 1867. I

IMPROVEMENT IN STRhW-CUTTERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN ELLIOTT, of the city of Richmond, county of Wayne, and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Straw-Cutters; and I do hei-eby declare the following is a .full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is the cutting-knife detached. A, in fig. 1, is the front frame. B, in fig. 1, is' a lever to which the cutting-knife is secured. is the cutting-knife, shown at e in fig. 2. D is across-piece secured to the front of the frame A. E is a lever secured to the back of the frame A. F is apiece of wood connecting the lever B with the cross-piece D,' and vibrating G is also a. piece of wood connected with the piece D at F, and with the lever Bat o. H

at the connections-o 0.

attached, one end to the upright piece F, and the other end is attached is a cross-piece (represented by red lines) .to the upright piece G. I is an iron rod attached at S to. the lever B, and at R to the lever E. K is a spiral desired. The lever B and up pring, one end of which is attached to the upper end of the upright G at the other end of said spring is secured to the frame A at N. L L L L, in fig. 2, are holes in the cutting-knife. M M M M, in fig. 1, are screws by which the cutting-knife is secured to the lever B. N N shows where the spiral spring K is attached. 0 O 0 O O O are the attachments or bolts upon which the upright-pieces F G and cross-piece H, and lever B vibrate. Q is a bolt by which the lever E is secured to the frame A, and formsthe fulcruni for said lever E. R is a. staple near the end of the lever E, into which the lower end of the red I is hooked. S the upper end of the rod I, hooked into the lever 13 near the hand-held. T T shows where the cross-piece D is attached firmly to the front of the frame A. U is a cross-piece in the front of the frame, box. V is the. bottom of thestraw-box; W W the-sides of the straw-box. I will 'hereremark that the crosspiece H may be varied so as to suit or gaugethe length of straw desired to be ,cut, and may be secured either to the front side or back side of the uprights F and-G.

Construction;

The box should be made three feet six inches long, of poplar boards oneinch thick, and from eight to twelve inches wide. The front frame A may be made of good oak or ash timber, two by three inches, or smaller if i i right pieces F and G, shouldJbe made of good hard wood, the uprights half an inch thick, and two inches wide. The lever B should be made of timber one inch thick. The red I should be made of quarter-inch round iron. The spiral spring K should be strong enough to draw the upright G toward the operator, carrying with it the lever B,upright Rand cross=piecc H. The knife should be made of thin steel ground to an edge.

Operation.

he box, and pushing it against the cross-piece II. down the lever B with the hand, and the lever E the operator is able to cut a larger I It will be seen that by placing straw on the bottom V of t (which acts as a gauge forthc length of the cut,) and bearing with the foot, the labor of cutting is divided between the hand and foot, and quantity in the same timethan by hand alone.

I do not claim a machine for cutting straw,

invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Constructing a straw-cutter, as above described, when the same is composed of the spiral spring K, lever B,

cross-piece H, uprights F and G, crc'ss-pie'ceD, lever E, rod I, and frame A, arranged and operatcd substantially as above described. g STEPHEN ELLIOTT.

as such havc'long been in use. But what I do claim as my Witnesses:

Tues. A. DUGDALE,

A. B. YOUNG.

to which is nailed or screwed the bottom V of the 

